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Olz. January 10th, 2008 11:14 AM

When catching a pokemon!
 
Do a press a sequence of buttons?

E.g:
When i catch a pokemon, As soon as the pokeball hits the pokemon i Quickly hit A and ^ (up).

How about you?

Btw sorry if this is in the wrong section. I couldn't find A good place to put it.

Stop Argueing:
I am not saying that this will effect the catching rate of the pokemon. I'm only saying do yo have a habbit of doing this, This thread is turning into a consistant arguement.

El Gofre January 10th, 2008 12:38 PM

Erm no, I used to believe holding A+B with a premier ball did something until my friend hacked the game and checked the probability for buttons and so on. So now i know im wasting my time I conduct my ritual from when i was 10; throw ball at legendry, close eyes, count to 5, open eyes :)

msdmario January 10th, 2008 2:16 PM

No because every Pokemon has a catch rate and holding a sequence of buttons is pointless because it doesn't affect the rate.

I admit that I used to do it in the older games when I don't know anything about catch rates but not anymore.

Loto January 10th, 2008 2:21 PM

Mismaguis is only asking if you do use a sequence of buttons not if they alter the rate.

I usually spam my buttons while catching something. ;o

Kim Do-yeon January 10th, 2008 2:23 PM

Pushing A as soon as the pokéball hits the Pokémons head works for me but it might be different with other copies of the games due to version numbers.

spike6958 January 10th, 2008 3:30 PM

No i don't, but i read somewhere that if you use your stylus and draw around the pokeball on the bottom screen just as the pokemon enters the ball thrown at it that it improves the catch rate but i never tried it.

Clark January 10th, 2008 4:27 PM

No sequence of buttons or stylus movements do anything to it, so I just turn off the volume, close the DS, and wait for a few seconds in hope that I caught it. Drove me crazy with Croagunk.

Drakorn January 10th, 2008 4:44 PM

I normally use Down/Up/Left/Right and A when trying to catch a pokemon however at this moment all I do now is leave it and do something else aswell as catching the pokemon.

BakingBluePotatoe January 10th, 2008 4:54 PM

"POKEBALL GO!"

I say that in the mic. dunno why

Gunn January 10th, 2008 4:55 PM

I usually mute the volume completely and simultaneously press A. It's nothing special, but it raises my hopes just a tad.

Dialga450 January 10th, 2008 5:46 PM

well there is no way to do it you just throw the pokeball and hope it catches it. Although when i got emerald and when catching legendaries i used to throw a ultra ball run out of the room wait 5 secs run back in. it never worked.

Chonlel48 January 10th, 2008 6:11 PM

I used to press A while trying to catch...

I remember one time, a friend of mine tried many rituals... including full volume, throw under couch O_o... Miracle that method got it

Kylie-chan January 10th, 2008 6:25 PM

I know it's pointless, and have always known, but when I was little, I always turned the volume completely down. Since then, I still maintain one ritual -- I press A and B simultaneously when I release the ball. I know it's ineffective; I feel incredibly twitchy if I don't, though.

Gοяκнaвоii January 10th, 2008 6:38 PM

i know this does nothing >.<
but i close the DS, count to 3... Open it again, and LISTEN (not look) at/to the music... whether i caught it or not xD

Jessie January 10th, 2008 6:50 PM

I used to press the A button right when I threw a Pokeball but then I read somewhere on Pokemon. com that you can't change anything by pressing a button. You won't get a higher catch rate or anything like that.

Ayano Katagiri January 11th, 2008 12:20 AM

I realise it does nothing, but I just constantly press A and tap the touchscreen while waiting for the Pokemon to be caught..

Dr.Stiles January 11th, 2008 12:38 AM

well when i throw the pokeball i hold down b while its in the air and right about when it hits the pokemon head i hold down a it works for me XD
but its probably just luck

oh and i say gotcha in the mic too =]

Ho-Oh January 11th, 2008 4:13 AM

I look away from my DS and pretend not to care at all... and just slowly press one button... though if I do think about catching a Pokémon, it seems to not be as caught easily.

Like, if I ignore it... I'm able to catch the Pokémon with a weaker pokéball than if I looked at the screen.
It does really work. XD
-got my only two current legendaries with ultra balls and that method-

Olz. January 11th, 2008 7:27 AM

Before Posting, Please read the edited first post. Thank you!

Kirioroshi January 11th, 2008 8:28 AM

'Do a press a sequence of buttons?'

? is A a variable?

I just keep pressing A because i think D/P is soo slow and pressing A i hope it would speed things up.

I think catching a Pokemon is all based on Mathematical outcomes, like most things in the real world. otherwise there would be only one pokeball in pokemon games.

SSJ_Joe January 11th, 2008 8:32 AM

Lmao..I use to always hold down the A button everytime it would shake...then again when I was like 6 I would Tilt the game when my HP was going down to see if the HP would just stop going down xD..its sad what kids do isnt it?

Dark Destiny January 11th, 2008 9:10 AM

i just keep tapping A, thats what i did in older games and i still do =)

Nicku January 11th, 2008 10:03 AM

Well,
yes and no..
Back when i battled Dialga, all my Pokemon lost, yes, xD And Dialgas was with orange/yellow life, and i only had a level-very-low HM slave Machop (or was it a Geodude >.<) back.. So i throwed the first (and only i think .. cant remember |D; ) Ultra Ball at Dialga.. And i just .. clicked at every bottom 8D Not because it helped anything (i think o.o), but because i know it would broke the Ultra Ball and then destroy my little HM slave xD
But .. well..
No..
I catch it XD
..
Yay..
*remember old days with Mewtwo in a PokeBall*

- Nicku

Always and Never January 11th, 2008 2:49 PM

Up + B ftw! It always seems when I'm not buttons that I have a hole in my heart. I swear to god though, it only works if I'm doing Up + B.

I've been doing that sine the first day Red and Blue came out. It's just been my pain 'poke'habit. ._.

ClassicRockFan January 11th, 2008 2:51 PM

I never found a reason to press buttons, so no, I don't press any buttons when catching a pokemon.


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